Game.



W. C. ODONNELL.

GAME. APPLIUA'rmN FILED Nov. 2z, 1911.

1,024,354. Patented 111.23, 1912.

WILLIAM C.V ODONNELL, OF PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY.

GAME.

To all rwhom it may concern:

, Be it known that I, WILLIAM C. ODoN- NELL, a citizen of the UnitedStates of America, residing at Plainfield, in the county of Union andState of New Jersey, have invented new and useful Improvements in Games,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to parlor games and has particular application toa miniature golf game.

One object of the invention is the provision of a miniature golf gamewhich may be utilized in the household for amusement purposes, and atthe same time familiarize the player with the game of golf as played inthe open.

Another object of the invention is to provide a miniature game of thischaracter which shall include a boX of convenient and portable size andhaving a surface marked off to represent a golf course, the box beingmounted upon a suitable sta-nd or support constructed in such a manneras to facilitate the delivery of the balls therefrom, inthe playing ofthe game.

With the above and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription progresses, the invention resides in the construction,combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described andparticularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawing forming a part of this specification; Figure 1 is a topplan view of the boX illustrating the golf course thereon. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal section through the boX and its support, and Fig. 3 is adetail thereof.

Similar reference characters designate like parts throughout thedrawing.

Referring more particularly to the accompanying drawing, 1 designatesthe box provided with vertical side and end walls 2 and 3 respectively,and which may be constructed of cardboard, wood or any other suitable orpreferred material. The upper surface of the bottom of the box 1 ismarked off to represent a nine-hole golf course A, it of course beingunderstood that the surface may be constructed to represent aneighteen-hole course, if such is desirable.

As illustrated in the drawing, the golf course A comprises a club houseindicated at 4, the holes 5, e, 7, 8, 9, 10,11, 12 and 13, adjacent towhich are the tees 14, and a Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 22, 1911.

Patented Apr. 23, 1912. Serial No." 661,815.

tee 15 in the vicinity of the club house as usual.

16 designates the bunkers located in the golf course to render thedi'icult holing of the balls, and 17 indicates the natural hazards, suchas a pond, brook and long grass. These natural hazards are formed withopenings 18 of a size sufficient to receive the balls, during the courseof the game in the event of a misplay.

Each of the holes 5 to 13 inclusive, of the golf course, is providedwith a removable cover 19 adapted to seat in the hole, the hole and thecover being of substantially concave and convex contours respectively toretain the covers within the holes. These covers 19 are to be removedfrom the holes, only, when the player is endeavoring to hole the ball inthe course of the game, and for this purpose each cover is provided witha laterally projecting finger or lip 20 to facilitate the removal of thecover.

The box 1 is removably mounted upon a receptacle 21 provided with aninclined bottom 22 and mounted upon suitable supports or legs 23. Theinclined bottom 22 of the receptacle is designed to permit of theconvenient recovery of the balls after the same have passed through theholes and openings 18 of the golf course, the receptacle 21 being formedwith an opening 24 in one end thereof and at the lowest point of theiijnclined bottom 22 for such recovery of the alls.

The golf balls and sticks are to be of such size as to accommodate thesize of the course and may be made of any suitable material.

To play the game, use is made of a number of miniature golf balls andsticks, and in starting out, one of the balls is placed upon the tee 15and the cover removed from hole 5 to permit holing of the ball in thecourse of the game. Upon the ball passing through hole 5, the former 'isdischarged from the opening 24 of the receptacle 21, after which thehole 5 is closed by means of a cover 19, and the cover 19 of hole 6removed, the ball being mounted upon tee 14: adjacent hole 5 so that anattempt may be made to drive the same into hole 6, and so on throughoutthe game, the usual forfeits being imposed upon the player in the eventof the ball striking the p bunkers or passing through the openings inthe hazards.

Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire to secure byLetters- Patent is:

In a game of the class described, a box formed to provide a golf courseand having openings formed therein to receive the golf balls, coversmounted in said openings and removable therefrom, |means attached tosaid covers for removing the same, a re- O ceptacle below said box andprovided with an inclined bottom to facilitate the convenient recoveryof the balls, and said boX havlng an opening formed therein to permit ofsuch recovery of the balls.

In testimony whereof I affix my signetnre .L

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